Container for tooth powder, or similar medical products



Oct. 4, 1932. H AT 1,881,316

CONTAINER FOR TOOTH POWDER OR SIMILAR MEDICAL PRODUCTS Filed Oct. 14, 1930 "WI-.2 71,; 1 Z Z Patented Oct. 4, 1932 PATENT OFFICE GUIDO HORVATH, OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA CONTAINER FOR TOOTH POWDER, OB SIMILAR MEDICAL PRODUCTS Applicati'on. filed October 14, 1930. Serial No. 488,685.

This invention relates to improvements in containers or boxes for tooth powder or other similar medical products and substantially has for object to provide a container of said kind, from which the contents may be with drawn for use in a practical and sanitary manner and so as to avoid any waste of the same and allow exactly measuring any doses which may be desired.

An essential feature of the invention consists in providing the container with a sliding box or drawer, adapted to be entirely housed within the container or to slightly protrude beyond the same. When the drawer is pulled out, a convenient amount of the contents will 'be extracted and carried forward thereby, in a manner which permits the same to be easily seized by the bristles of a tooth brush, or to be turned into a receptacle. The sliding box or drawer may be provided with suitable markings, so that by pulling the same out to the desired degree, the amount of contents to be extracted may be measured as desired.

Other minor details of the invention will appear in the course of this specification.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and carried into practice, a preferred form of construction of the same has been shown by way of example in the accompanying illustrative drawing, wherein Figure 1 shows a perspective of the improved container, with the drawer or sliding box pulled out, indicating the manner of taking the powder with the tooth brush.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, with the sliding box or drawer in its closed or retracted position. Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the container, showing the position of certain parts when the drawer is in its open position.

Figure 4 illustrates a cross section through Figure 2.

In all the said views, the same reference characters have been used to indicate like or corresponding parts. 1

In the embodiment shown, the container is of triangular prismatic shape, with rounded longitudinal corners. The container 1 is provided or formed at one end with a fixed end wall 2, while to the opposite end a cover 3 is applied, for filling in the contents, after which said cover may be permanently secured in position, if desired. In the interior of the box, along one of its longitudinal angles, fits a sliding box or drawer 4, whose sides are in slidablerontact with the inner side of the adjacent walls of the container. Said walls are formed on their inner surface with longitudinal ribs 5, which act to guide the upper edge of the side walls of the sliding box or drawer and allow the same to longitudinally slide through an opening 6 of the end wall 2 of the container, said opening corresponding in shape with the cross section of the sliding box or drawer. The outer end of the drawer is closed by means of an up right wall 7, of which the edges slightly extend beyond the side walls of the drawer, for the purpose of serving as abutments when said drawer or sliding box is being entirely pushed into the container, or for pulling the same out by gras ing the edges of the end wall 7 with the ngers or the nails.

At a suitable point of its length, the sliding box or drawer 4 is formed with a vertical wall 8, slightly higher than its sides, for the purpose of limiting the extent to which the drawer may be pulled out, by abutting against the inside of the end wall 2. The portion of the drawer beyond said wall, therefore, will always remain in the interior of the container and serve to support the pulled out portion of said drawer.

On one of the outer sides of the drawer, on the part adapted to issue from the container, the measuring marks 9 are provided, for indicating weights or volumes, which thus allow extracting conventional doses of the product from the container.

The end wall 2 is provided with a triangular slidable seal plate 10, formed with flanges 11 for sliding within guides 12, soldered to said wall, and with a projecting tongue 13 for its operation. By referring to the drawing, it will be seen that by said tongue the sealing plate may be moved up and down with respect to the top of the drawer. In its raised position (Figure 1), it will allow the drawer to be freely pulled out and in; when closed, (Figure 2), it will engage by its end with the outer wall 7 of the drawer and thereby prevent its extraction, while in the position shown in Figure 3, in which it has been lowered in contact with the bottom of the drawer pulled out, it will serve to prevent the issue of the contents from the container when emptying the portion extracted by the drawer, into a glass or other receptacle.

The operation of the device is as follows: The box or container 1 being filled and closed, the sealing plate 10 is ushed upwards and the drawer or sliding I ox 4 is pulled out. This operation, of course, is performed while holding the container in a horizontal position. The drawer which becomes automatically charged with the contents of the container, carries the same with it as it is being pulled out, so that said contents may be seized by a tooth brush, as shown in Figure 1. Prior to this, the sealing plate 10 will have been completely lowered. In this manner, in case'part of a medical powder or similar product is to be emptied into a glass, the remainder of the contents of the container is prevented. from issuing therefrom. The'sealing plate, when occupying this latter position, will also prevent, if desired, the reintroduction of any powder or the like which may have remained within the drawer. In effect, when pushing the same home, the plate 10 will act as a scraper, to clean out of the drawer any powder adhering thereto. When performing this latter operation, the position of the container is reversed. This latter feature is of importancein connection with tooth owder, as

p the iiioisif brush always forms a little paste der which is "apt to stick to the As has already been ed before, the measuring marks 9 serve td ii letermine the desired amount to be extracted, this being useful in connection with medical products of which definite doses are to be used.

It will be understood that said measuring marks 9, as well as the sealing plate 10, are

diate the ends of the sliding'drawer for limiting the extent of the issue of the drawer from the box, the portion of the drawer in the rear of the abutment serving as a support for the portion of the drawer which pro cats from the box, said abutment also sealng the opening of the box when the drawer has been pulled out.

2. A container, comprising an an ular box, said box being apertured at one 0 its ends, a sliding drawer adapted to be housed within the box and to pass through the opening in the end of the box, and a plate slidably mounted on one end of the box, said plate being adapted to hold the end of the drawer against'extraction or -to prevent the escape of the contents of the box or the reentrance of the extracted matter into the box when the drawer is in open position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GUIDO HORVATH.

not absolutelynecessary; likewise, the pris matic .or triangular shape. of the container may be replaced by otlacr convenient or suitable forms.

It will further be evident that several modifications of construction and detail 'may be" introduced without departing from the scope of this invention, which will be clearly set forthin the claims appended to this specification.

Having now clearly described my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, ,1 declare that what I claim, is

1. A container, comprising an an ular box, said box being apertured at one 0 its ends, a sliding drawer adapted to be housed within the box and to pass through the opening in 

